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Courant article highlights medical causes of bankruptcy and foreclosure, if you read into the article
The headline of an article in Sunday’s Courant reads “In CT and elsewhere, more debtors choose personal bankruptcy,” but they…
Great advocacy tool
CT’s League of Women Voters’ 2009-2010 elected officials guide is on-line. It includes how to find your legislators – state…
Medicaid Managed Care Council meeting; Dumb idea redux
DSS may take advantage of a legislative error and try to implemented premium assistance for HUSKY, according to the department…
New on cthealthpolicy.org
Updated policy paper: The Federal Stimulus Package and Passage of the SCHIP Reauthorization Bill: How Much Health Care Help Can…
Lousy student health insurance coverage
While I was a student at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, we were required to have health…
Democrats outline three scenarios to save $2.8 billion
Emphasizing that they do not endorse the cuts, the Appropriations Committee described the types of cuts necessary to fill the…
Health Care Advocate’s Office saved CT patients $5.07 for every $1 spent on the office last year
The annual report of our state Office of Healthcare Advocate (OHA) describes the importance of this office and what CT…
US Supreme Court rejects federal pre-emption of state law in VT drug case
In a 6 to 3 vote, the Supreme Court Wednesday held that federal law does not pre-empt the right of…
How to live to 101
Susan Campbell’s column in yesterday’s Courant highlighted Mary Labieniec, age 101 from Kensington. Mary shares her eleven tips to a…